th st Gwinnett Stripers (29-36, 4 in IL South, 8.0 GB) Durham Bulls (37-28, 1 in IL South, 2.5 GA) RHP Lucas Sims (3-2, 1.45 ERA) AT RHP Chih-Wei Hu (2-5, 4.87 ERA) Saturday, June 16, 2018 6:35 PM Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, NC Game #66 of 140 Road Game #36 Radio: 97.7 FM / 93.5 FM Tonight’s Game: The Gwinnett Stripers continue a seven-game, two-city road trip tonight with 2018 RECORD BREAKDOWN game three of a four-game series vs. the Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Rays). In the South: The Stripers (29-36) are fourth in the IL South Division, trailing Durham (1st, 37-28) Current Streak: Lost 1 by 8.0 games, Norfolk (2nd, 34-30) by 5.5 games and Charlotte (3rd, 30-36) by 0.5 games. Last 10 Games: 5-5 All-Time vs. Durham: Gwinnett is 93-111 (.456) in 204 prior meetings with Durham and has won Long Winning Streak: 5 Games (5/26-5/31) the season series vs. the Bulls three times in nine years: 2010 (12-9), 2012 (11-10) and 2015 (12-9). Long Losing Streak: 7 Games (6/1-6/8) th Record Since 2009: 660-694 (.487) Last Game: The Stripers fell to 1-6 (.143, 12 in IL) in extra innings this season with a 2-1 loss to the Durham Bulls last night at DBAP. Gwinnett loaded the bases Home: 13-17 Leading after 6: 20-5 th with one out in the top of the 10 inning on a single by CF Danny ROAD TRIP (3-2) Road: 16-19 Leading after 7: 22-4 Santana (2-for-3, 2 SB) and walk by LF Michael Reed (2-for-3, Batting (16 Runs Scored): Day Games: 10-9 Leading after 8: 20-2 2B, RBI), but couldn’t score against RHP Ian Gibaut (W, 3-1). In .219 (34-for-155), 7 2B, 0 3B, Night Games: 19-27 Tied after 6: 3-7 the bottom of the 10th, RHP Evan Phillips (L, 3-4) yielded a bunt 4 HR, 15 RBI, 2 SB Extra Innings: 1-6 Tied after 7: 1-7 single to Micah Johnson and committed a throwing error to first Pitching (8 Runs Allowed): Doubleheaders: 4-2 Tied after 8: 2-6 base, scoring Jeremy Hazelbaker from third for the walk-off win. 1.58 ERA (7 ER in 40.0 IP), Shutout W/L: 6-4 Trailing after 6: 4-24 Last AB W/L: 4-12 Trailing after 7: 4-25 The loss spoiled a sharp outing for RHP Matt Wisler, who struck 8 BB, 43 SO, 3 QS, 2 SV Walk-Off W/L: 0-6 Trailing after 8: 1-26 out nine over 6.0 six-hit, one-run innings. LHP Rex Brothers and Score First: 19-13 With a HR: 21-15 RHP Jacob Webb combined on 3.0 scoreless innings in relief to send the game to extras tied at 1-1. Score Last: 13-15 Without a HR: 8-21 Gwinnett’s lone run came on Reed’s RBI double scoring C Rob Brantly (1-for-4, 2B, R) in the third. 1-Run Games: 8-13 Allow a HR: 8-15 2-Run Games: 4-8 Allow no HR: 21-21 Reed, Between the Lines: Michael Reed has reached base safely in 13 of 14 games since 3-Run Games: 4-3 With an Error: 13-21 joining the Stripers on 5/29, ranking second in the IL with a .442 average in that span (19-for-43, +3-Run Games: 13-12 Without an Error: 16-15 4 2B, 1 HR, 8 R, 5 RBI, 13 BB, .571 OBP, .605 SLG, 1.176 OPS). Including 44 games with Double-A April: 8-14 Vs. LH Starter: 5-12 Mississippi from 4/5-5/27 (named a Southern League All-Star on 6/6), he is batting .344 (63-for-183, 17 May: 16-13 Vs. RH Starter: 24-24 2B, 5 HR, 41 R, 19 RBI, 6 SB, 43 BB, .476 OBP, .519 SLG, .995 OPS) in 58 total games this season. June: 5-9 Vs. Rehab Starter: 1-1 July: 0-0 Pre All-Star: 29-36 Slugging Santana: Danny Santana enters play with a team-best .495 slugging percentage (4th in August: 0-0 Post All-Star: 0-0 IL). He also ranks among IL leaders in triples (T-5th, 3), home runs (T-6th, 9), extra-base hits (T-6th, 26), September: 0-0 Series W-L-T: 7-9-4 total bases (T-10th, 97) and stolen bases (T-10th, 8). Santana has racked up 24 extra-base hits since the start of May, hitting .273 (42-for-154, 13 2B, 3 3B, 8 HR, 27 R, 18 RBI, 5 SB) over 39 games. VS. DURHAM (93-111 Since 2009) Rotation Resurgence: With last night’s quality start by Matt Wisler (ND, 6.0 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, ’09- ‘17 2018 ’18 Offense vs. DUR 2 BB, 9 SO), Stripers’ starting pitchers are 4-1 with a 1.56 ERA (7 ER in 40.1 IP) and four quality Home: 47-47 3-4 .211, 11 HR, 40 RBI starts in the last seven games (team is 5-2). Gwinnett starters had gone 0-4 with a 4.95 ERA (20 ER Road: 41-57 2-3 ’18 Pitching vs. DUR in 36.1 IP) and two quality starts over the first seven games of June (team went 0-7). Overall, Stripers’ Overall: 88-104 5-7 3.62 ERA, .235 BAA starters (18 total) are 17-20 with a 3.38 ERA (124 ER in 330.1 IP) and 21 quality starts in 65 games. TEAM IL RANKINGS Fantastic Franco: Carlos Franco enters play tied for the IL lead in RBI (43) alongside Brandon th nd st rd Batting: .238 (11 ) ERA: 3.39 (2 ) Barnes of Columbus. He also ranks among IL leaders in games (T-1 , 65), at-bats (3 , 245), home th th rd rd th th Runs: 250 (10 ) Runs: 245 (10 ) runs (3 , 11), runs (T-3 , 35), total bases (4 , 112) and extra-base hits (T-6 , 26). On Thursday at th th th th Hits: 504 (12 ) ER: 211 (12 ) Durham, Franco blasted his team-leading 11 homer (2-run, off RHP Yonny Chirinos), tallying his 12 2B: 113 (6th) Innings: 560.0 (T-10th) multi-RBI effort of the year. He has hit seven of his 11 homers on the road, batting .293 (39-for-133, 3B: 14 (T-5th) SO: 543 (6th) 7 2B, 1 3B, 21 R, 25 RBI, .519 SLG, .864 OPS) in 35 games away from Coolray Field. th rd HR: 48 (T-6 ) BB: 219 (3 ) th st All Good: Kolby Allard earned his fifth win of the year (T-6th in IL) with his ninth-straight quality RBI: 237 (10 ) CG: 3 (1 ) Steals: 32 (8th) SHO: 6 (T-5th) start on Thursday (6.0 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO). He is 4-1 with a 1.94 ERA (13 ER in 60.1 IP) OBP: .301 (14th) Holds: 16 (T-11th) and a .242 BAA (52-for-236, 2 HR, 14 BB, 38 SO) in that nine-start span dating back to 4/28. Allard, SLG: .372 (10th) Saves: 12 (T-11th) rated No. 50 on the MLB.com “Top 100 Prospects” list, is 5-2 with a 2.28 ERA (19 ER in 75.0 IP) over th th rd OPS: .673 (12 ) WHIP: 1.25 (4 ) 12 starts in his Triple-A debut. In addition to wins, he ranks among IL pitching leaders in ERA (3 ), innings (4th), fewest baserunners/9.0 IP for starters (5th, 10.32), WHIP (7th, 1.12) and starts (T-8th). TEAM LEADERS (*Leads IL) IL Leaderboard: In addition to Santana, Franco and Allard, the following active Stripers players AVG: Franco (.257) ERA: Allard (2.28) st th rank among International League leaders: Rio Ruiz ranks in games (T-1 , 65) and at-bats (5 , OBP: Franco (.306) WHIP: Allard (1.12) st st 242)…Matt Wisler ranks among pitchers in complete games (1 , 2) and shutouts (T-1 , 1)…Evan SLG: Santana (.495) BAA: Allard (.238) th th th Phillips ranks among relievers in SO/9.0 IP (4 , 12.94), saves (T-8 , 5) and games (T-9 , 23). OPS: Santana (.772) Wins: Allard (5) Hits: Franco (63) IP: Allard (75.0) Gosselin Stopped at Six: Phil Gosselin saw his season-best six-game hitting streak snapped HR: Franco (11) SO: Allard (51) last night (0-for-4). He hit .350 (7-for-20, 1 RBI) on the streak from 6/9-6/14, tied for the second-longest Runs: Franco (35) CG: Wisler (2)* by a Striper this year (Franco, Peterson and Santana all T-1st with 7-game streaks). Gosselin is batting RBI: Franco (43)* Holds: 2 Tied (3) .304 (203-for-668, 36 2B, 7 3B, 8 HR, 82 R, 53 RBI, 7 SB) in 180 career games with Gwinnett (2013- Steals: Santana (8) Saves: Phillips (5) 14, 2018), including .354 (128-for-362, 20 2B, 5 3B, 5 HR, 48 R, 33 RBI, 5 SB) in 98 home games. ‘Pen Performers: Stripers’ relievers are 9-8 with a 3.06 ERA (46 ER in 135.1 IP) and nine saves (9-for-11) since the start of May.